What’s your opinion on PC/PC vs PC/NPC or PC/Guest romance? Cause I know that Vax’ilmore and Kashleth are adored in fandom by many, but in the game where players have to travel a lot to do dangerous things and might never come back, do those relationships have a chance to have the same development as PC/PC? Because if Vax’ilmore was canon, Vax would have to constantly go back to him to have a moment. And that could’ve taken a tragic turn really fast, for example during the Vecna arc.

My opinion is go for whatever feels natural. And like, people hooking up within a tiny circle of other people sharing their trauma is a thing. Developing a romance is a lot easier with other player characters because of the sheer amount of time and experiences the characters share by default.

Romancing a guest character is harder because it would be either very brief, or the guest would get prefetential treatment one way or the other. That can be awkward. Romancing an NPC can be awkward because especially when the NPC is enough of a fighter to go toe to toe with an ancient red dragon twice, finding reasons to conceivably keep them out of the narrative without it feeling forced can become awkward. Otherwise, the risk of DM!PCs happens.

I dunno, I personally will take PC/PC over all the other options any day, but that’s just because I thirst for all of the content. But the logistical issues are a thing!